Definition of disuse

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Disuse (v. t.) To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.

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Disused :: Disused (imp. & p. p.) of Disus.
Intermission :: Intermission (n.) The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.
Post-captain :: Post-captain (n.) A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was posted, in the seniority list of the British navy, as distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted. The term was also used in the United States navy; but no such commission as post-captain was ever recognized in either service, and the term has fallen into disuse..
Obsolete :: Obsolete (a.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; as, an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; -- applied chiefly to words, writings, or observances..
Flat-cap :: Flat-cap (n.) A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, a citizen of London..
Friend :: Friend (n.) One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers..
Disacquaintance :: Disacquaintance (n.) Neglect of disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance..
Baritone :: Baritone (n.) The viola di gamba, now entirely disused..
Triangle :: Triangle (n.) A kind of frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound when undergoing corporal punishment, -- now disused..
Imprescriptible :: Imprescriptible (a.) Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect, by disuse, or by the claims of another founded on prescription..
Inusitation :: Inusitation (n.) Want of use; disuse.
Astrolabe :: Astrolabe (n.) An instrument for observing or showing the positions of the stars. It is now disused.
Revive :: Revive (v. i.) Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning..
Lamarckism :: Lamarckism (n.) The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and esp., in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs..
Obsoletism :: Obsoletism (n.) A disused word or phrase; an archaism.
Sinapis :: Sinapis (n.) A disused generic name for mustard; -- now called Brassica.
Disusage :: Disusage (n.) Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse.
Rusty :: Rusty (superl.) Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect..
Disuse :: Disuse (v. t.) To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
Use :: Use (v. i.) To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between use to, and used to..
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